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Originally Posted by ozsat
The difference is usually quite obvious although some films do not reflect it - some films broadcast in 4K may have only been made in 2K.
There is no HDR or Atmos via VirginMedia for SkyUHD at this time.
You are using a 4K amp for video?
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Yes my chain is a Marantz 7013 and Philips 854 55 OLED.
I have the UO package mainly because of Virgins all or nothing pricing and was unimpressed by the "HD" on offer, so would rarely use Sky Cinema. I know things work as Netflix on the V6 gives 4k HDR (and looks very reasonable). I mainly use the built in apps on the TV (with ARC) though as Dolby vision lifts the HDR quality somewhat. I'm somewhat less impressed by HDR10+ content though via Amazon.
Maybe it's teething problems but I have have to say the UHD looks inferior to some 1080P offerings on other streaming services (and poorer than 1080P bluray). My TV does a very good job of handling poor video sources but everything looks very soft and murky. Occasionally you get a fairly static scene and the picture does approach something like what you're expecting. I wonder if the bitrate is very low and if they're still using x264 encoding?